20 Most Anticipated Netflix Originals For The Rest Of 2020
4. The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Release Date: October 16
Acquired by Netflix from Paramount over the summer, The Trial Of The Chicago 7 is writer-director Aaron Sorkin's dramatisation of the Chicago Seven case - a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters charged with intending to incite riots at Chicago's 1968 Democratic convention.
Originally intended to be helmed by Steven Spielberg over a decade ago, Sorkin has since become an acclaimed director in his own right, and so decided to finally tackle the project himself.
The fraught material speaks for itself, but in addition to Sorkin, the cast includes the stunning likes of Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Frank Langella, William Hurt, and Michael Keaton.
Sorkin's film is sure to be one of Netflix's big year-end Oscar bets, and it's got the prime awards season release date to match.